Philippe Turenne

Associate Professor

philippe.turenne@ryi.org

Profile

Philippe was born in Canada, and has studied Buddhism in both traditional and academic contexts. Since 1996 he has studied primarily with Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. Philippe’s academic studies have mostly been at McGill University and the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India. Philippe joined RYI in 2011 where he currently teaches on both the BA and MA programs.

Career

2012-Current

Assistant Professor

Rangjung Yeshe Institute

2011

Lecturer

Rangjung Yeshe Institute

2011

PhD

McGill University

2005-2011

Course Lecturer

McGill University

2002

BA

McGill University

Research Interests

Buddhist Hermeneutic

Five Treatises of Maitreya

Madhyamaka Philosophy

Methodology of Buddhist Studies

Current Projects

Traditional Tibetan Linguistics. I am currently translating a sample of texts from traditional Tibetan linguistic science for the Library of Tibetan Classics series.

Buddhist philosophy and methodology. I have recently to explore the practical dimensions of Buddhist philosophy and the consequences this feature of the Buddhist tradition entails on the way we study Buddhist philosophy.

Devotion in Tibetan Buddhism. I am reflecting on the place of devotion in Tibetan Buddhism, especially around the genre called guru'i gsol 'debs, exemplified in particular by the famous rnying ma supplication called the guru'i gsol 'debs le'u bdun ma.

Supervision

Cinthia Font, “The Inner Life of Chogyal Rigdzin Terdag Lingpa.”

Katrin Jäger, “Gampopa, the Incomparable Physician from Dagpo.”

Adam Kane, “A Study and Translation of Padma Karpo's Distinguishing the Four Yogas with Certainty—The Supreme Amongst all Explanations of Mahāmudra.”

"Disagreeing with the Same View: On the Alleged philosophical nature of some Tibetan debates". Annual Meeting of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy/Society for Islamic Philosophy, Fordham University, Oct., 17th, 2009.

Moderator, "Dancing and Singing in the Name of the Gods". McGill/CREOR Graduate Student Conference, Montreal, March 2009.

Online Learning

Intro to Classical Tibetan I and Classical Tibetan II
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